diff --git a/src/BlurhashProvider.cpp b/src/BlurhashProvider.cpp
index e905474a2c3c644fcb721ae6b4baae006cfe80fd..5ea322bd00d3a88151ade01fcc8c50ffbc64cfa5 100644
--- a/src/BlurhashProvider.cpp
+++ b/src/BlurhashProvider.cpp
@@ -11,17 +11,16 @@
 #include "blurhash.hpp"
 
 void
-BlurhashResponse::run()
+BlurhashRunnable::run()
 {
     if (m_requestedSize.width() < 0 || m_requestedSize.height() < 0) {
-        m_error = QStringLiteral("Blurhash needs size request");
-        emit finished();
+        emit error("Blurhash needs size request");
         return;
     }
     if (m_requestedSize.width() == 0 || m_requestedSize.height() == 0) {
-        m_image = QImage(m_requestedSize, QImage::Format_RGB32);
-        m_image.fill(QColor(0, 0, 0));
-        emit finished();
+        auto image = QImage(m_requestedSize, QImage::Format_RGB32);
+        image.fill(QColor(0, 0, 0));
+        emit done(image);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -29,8 +28,7 @@ BlurhashResponse::run()
                                     m_requestedSize.width(),
                                     m_requestedSize.height());
     if (decoded.image.empty()) {
-        m_error = QStringLiteral("Failed decode!");
-        emit finished();
+        emit error(QStringLiteral("Failed decode!"));
         return;
     }
 
@@ -40,6 +38,5 @@ BlurhashResponse::run()
                  (int)decoded.width * 3,
                  QImage::Format_RGB888);
 
-    m_image = image.copy();
-    emit finished();
+    emit done(std::move(image));
 }
diff --git a/src/BlurhashProvider.h b/src/BlurhashProvider.h
index 39d63d3cebf55e56df591e29d9641df8f99d784e..cb64b6a11938857bb064204ac96fa3e3a771337c 100644
--- a/src/BlurhashProvider.h
+++ b/src/BlurhashProvider.h
@@ -10,16 +10,38 @@
 #include <QImage>
 #include <QThreadPool>
 
-class BlurhashResponse
-  : public QQuickImageResponse
+class BlurhashRunnable
+  : public QObject
   , public QRunnable
 {
+    Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    BlurhashResponse(const QString &id, const QSize &requestedSize)
+    BlurhashRunnable(const QString &id, const QSize &requestedSize)
       : m_id(id)
       , m_requestedSize(requestedSize)
     {
-        setAutoDelete(false);
+    }
+
+    void run() override;
+signals:
+    void done(QImage);
+    void error(QString);
+
+private:
+    QString m_id;
+    QSize m_requestedSize;
+};
+
+class BlurhashResponse
+  : public QQuickImageResponse
+{
+public:
+    BlurhashResponse(const QString &id, const QSize &requestedSize, QThreadPool *pool)
+    {
+        auto runnable = new BlurhashRunnable(id, requestedSize);
+        connect(runnable, &BlurhashRunnable::done, this, &BlurhashResponse::handleDone);
+        connect(runnable, &BlurhashRunnable::error, this, &BlurhashResponse::handleError);
+        pool->start(runnable);
     }
 
     QQuickTextureFactory *textureFactory() const override
@@ -28,10 +50,18 @@ public:
     }
     QString errorString() const override { return m_error; }
 
-    void run() override;
+    void handleDone(QImage image)
+    {
+        m_image = image;
+        emit finished();
+    }
+    void handleError(QString error)
+    {
+        m_error = error;
+        emit finished();
+    }
 
-    QString m_id, m_error;
-    QSize m_requestedSize;
+    QString m_error;
     QImage m_image;
 };
 
@@ -44,9 +74,7 @@ public slots:
     QQuickImageResponse *
     requestImageResponse(const QString &id, const QSize &requestedSize) override
     {
-        BlurhashResponse *response = new BlurhashResponse(id, requestedSize);
-        pool.start(response);
-        return response;
+        return new BlurhashResponse(id, requestedSize, &pool);
     }
 
 private: